Grazing induced biodiversity in the highland ecozone of East Africa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Woldu, Zerihun ^a   Mohammed Saleem, M A ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Life form; Livestock; Manure; Seed bank; Species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SOIL FERTILITY;

EID: 0034072127     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00141-3     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Almeida, M.D., 1954. Some Records of Ethiopia 1593-1664 - C.P. Bekingham and C.W.B. (Huntingford translation and edition). The University Press, Glasgow.
2. Alvarez, F., 1970. Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia during the years 1520-1527 - Lord Stanley of Adlerley (translation and edition). Burt Franklin Publisher, NY.
3. Forman, R.T., Gordon, M., 1986. Landscape Ecology. Wiley, NY, Chichester, Brisbone, Toronto, Singapore.
4. Gamachu, D., 1977. Aspects of climate and water budget in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University Press, Addis Ababa.
5. Harris, L.D., 1984. Habitat fragmentation. In: Meffe, K.G., Carrol, C.R. et al. (Eds.), Principles of Conservastion Biology. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Saunderland, MA, pp. 237-258.
6. Janzen, D.H., 1982a. Differential seed survival and passage rates in cows and horses, surrogate pleistocene dispersal agents. Oikos 38, 150-156.
7. Janzen, D.H., 1982b. Removal of seeds from tropical rodents: influence of habitat and amount of dung. Ecology 63, 1887-1900.
8. Mengistu A., 1997. Conservation Based Forage Development for Ethiopia. Self Help Development International Institute for sustainable Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
9. Mwendera, E.J., Mohame Saleem, M.A., Zerihun, W., 1997. Vegetation response to cattle grazing in the Ethiopian highlands. Agric. Ecosystem Environ. 64, 43-51.
10. Orloci, L., 1978. Multivariate Analysis in Vegetation Research, 2nd Edition. Junk, The Hague.
11. Pichi Sermoli, R.C.E., 1957. Una carta geobotanica dell' Africa Orientale, Etiopia, Eritrea ed Somalia. Webbia 13, 15-132.
12. Stroud, A., Parker, C., 1989. A weed identification guide for Ethiopia. TCP/ETH/4532, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
13. Woldu, Z., 1986. Grassland communities on the central plateau of Ethiopia. Vegetatio 67, 3-16.